Kierkegaard’s subjective ontology: A metaphysics of the existing individual
Journal article
Colledge, Richard. (2004). Kierkegaard’s subjective ontology: A metaphysics of the existing individual. International Philosophical Quarterly. 44(1), pp. 5 - 22. https://doi.org/10.5840/ipq200444161
Authors | Colledge, Richard |
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Abstract | In the context of the contemporary emergence of a “postmodern Kierkegaard,” I take issue with the idea that Kierkegaardian thought involves an anti-essentialist rejection of ontology. I argue that Kierkegaard’s keynote existential analysis is paralleled by, if not tacitly set within, a less developed yet explicit ontology of human being. This “subjective ontology” is at once an ontology of the existing subject, and a subjectization of ontology. Thus, the essay has two aims. First, I seek to revive and further debate surrounding the structure of the Kierkegaardian self, by tracing something of its dynamic three-fold relational structure and various metaphysical polarities. Accordingly, spirit, anxiety and despair are understood in their ontological dimensions, and not just as existential possibilities. Second, I propose a way of bringing together Kierkegaardian existentiality (the three stages) with the ontology (the three relations). Despite important asymmetries between these two structures, the unity of Kierkegaard’s approach can only be appreciated through viewing them synoptically. |
Year | 2004 |
Journal | International Philosophical Quarterly |
Journal citation | 44 (1), pp. 5 - 22 |
Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center |
ISSN | 2153-8077 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.5840/ipq200444161 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-62449127802 |
Open access | Open access |
Page range | 5 - 22 |
Research Group | School of Philosophy |
Author's accepted manuscript | |
Publisher's version | |
Place of publication | United States of America |
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